Professor Rocks
Solo 1:
Now we’ve searched high and we’ve searched low.
So where on earth could that man go?
Our Professor Rock has disappeared.
Solo 2:
We have not found a clue or trail.
A zero on the Richter scale.
Our Professor Rock has disappeared.
ALL: He loves, he loves volcanoes.
He loves, he loves glaciers, too.
Earthquakes make him laugh.
He hugs his seismograph.
Every dinner that he ate
Was on a tectonic plate.
Now everywhere we turn we see
A geologic mystery.
Solo 3: Hey, look I found some pieces of his beard!
ALL: (shout) How weird!
Is he a victim of basalt
Or is it San Andreas’ fault?
Our Professor Rock has disappeared.
He loves, he loves volcanoes.
He loves, he loves glaciers, too.
Earthquakes make him laugh.
He hugs his seismograph.
Every dinner that he ate
Was on a tectonic plate.
Doo, doo, doo…….
Our Professor Rock has disappeared.
Disa…. Disappeared.
Geologic Time
Watson: The earth’s been here five billion years, it’s seen a lot of change.
Holmes: What used to be an ocean floor is now a mountain range.
Watson: The desert lands have come and gone, the dinosaurs are hushed.
Holmes: My brilliant brain needs time as well, my genius can’t be rushed!
ALL: Geologic, geologic, geologic time. Geologic, geologic, geologic time.
He’s slow as rock, so set the clock for geologic time.
The Colorado river runs, ten million years it creeps.
And bit by bit a canyon forms that’s over one mile deep.
Watson: The desert lands have come and gone, the dinosaurs are hushed.
Holmes: My brilliant brain needs time as well, my genius can’t be rushed!
ALL: Geologic, geologic, geologic time. Geologic, geologic, geologic time.
He’s slow as rock, so set the clock for geologic time.
He’s slow as rock, so set the clock for geologic time.
I Ain’t Well
Volcano 1: I ain’t well, can’t you tell? I’m belching steam and ashes.
With molten, molten, molten rock…molten rock and gases.
Volcano 2: I ain’t well, see me swell? I think it’s something drastic.
I’m feeling, feeling, feeling aaach! Feeling pyroclastic.
ALL: Magma coming up my vent, lava pouring out.
Here it comes, I need a Tums before I blow my spout.
I ain’t well, can’t you help? I’m crackin’ and I’m swellin’.
I feel like, feel like, feel like whoa! Feel like Mt. St. Helens.
(interlude)
ALL: Magma coming up my vent, lava pouring out.
Here it comes, I need a Tums before I blow my spout.
I ain’t well, can’t you tell? I’m belching steam and ashes.
With molten, molten, molten rock…molten rock and gases.
With molten, molten, molten rock…molten rock and gases.
I Am Deep
Earth:
I am deep, not just water and some dust.
I am deep, I’ve got spunk beneath my crust.
I am deep, though my surface may seem mild.
I am deep, you should see my inner child!
My mantle is so hot and wild, rocks just melt and ooze.
At my core you’ll find a gal who loves to sing the blues.
ALL: She is deep, miles and miles of hidden space
She is not just another pretty face.
She’s deep, she is deep (four times)
She is deep, not just water and some dust.
She is deep, she’s got spunk beneath her crust.
Fossil Fuel
Fern 1:
Oh, to be a fossil fuel, you know that would be cool.
You just have to lie there, set down roots and die there.
You don’t even have to go to school.
ALL: Oh, oh, oh, oh to be a fossil fuel. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah to be a fossil fuel.
Fern 2:
Oh, to be a fossil fuel, you know that would be cool.
Heating homes in winter, cooking up your dinner.
Is that broccoli? Man, your mom is cruel!
ALL: Oh, oh, oh, oh to be a fossil fuel. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah to be a fossil fuel.
I just want to be….in your SUV….
Everyone can see… you’re gonna need a lot of me!
Oh, to be a fossil fuel, you know that would be cool.
They are disappearing, so we’re volunteering
In a million years we’ll heat your pool.
Oh, oh, oh, oh to be a fossil fuel. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah to be a fossil fuel.
Erosion
ALL: Wind, rain, ice, waves, erosion has carved out this land.
Wind, rain, ice, waves, erosion, erosion, erosion makes me what I am.
(repeat)
Sea Shore: Without the ocean pounding me, I wouldn’t curve like so
Canyon: Without a river sculpting me, I’d still be a plateau.
Valley: Without a glacier gouging me, I’d be a hilly spot.
ALL: We owe everything we are to everything we are not!
Wind, rain, ice, waves, erosion has carved out this land.
Wind, rain, ice, waves, erosion, erosion, erosion makes me what I am.
Erosion makes me what I am!
Love Them Plates
Mountain1:
Some continental plates collide, and though it may be slow,
They crunch and fold and soon enough, the Himalayas grow.
Sometimes the plates will slide and shake, like they do in L.A.
A few more quakes, that town will be in San Francisco Bay!
ALL: Love them plates, oh love them plates, these continental sledges.
They’re rumblin’, rumblin’ rumblin’ at, rumblin’ at the edges.
(repeat)
Mountain 2:
Some continental plates collide and though it may be slow,
They crunch and fold and soon enough, the Himalayas grow.
The continents are on the go, they creep and jump and slide.
So pick a continental plate and take it for a ride.
Love them plates, oh love them plates, these continental sledges.
They’re rumblin’, rumblin’ rumblin’ at, rumblin’ at the edges.
(repeat)
Seven Little Miners
Snow White:
One Herb got an allergy and sold his silver mine.
One gave up on iron-ore and now sells shoes on-line.
One of them could not find coal, one got tooth decay.
One Herb bagged his search for gold, became a CPA.
ALL: Seven little miners, with something new to try.
Seven little miners, good bye.
One Herb lost his diamond mine and never was the same.
Number seven slips my mind but Herbert was his name.
Snow White:
As for me, I used to clean while they went out to dig.
Then I met a handsome prince and got a better gig.
ALL: Seven little miners, with something new to try.
Seven little miners, good bye.
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Copper, aluminum, nickel, lead
Opal, sapphire, emerald, ruby
Copper, aluminum, nickel, lead
Opal, sapphire, emerald, ruby
Copper, aluminum, nickel, lead
Opal, sapphire, emerald, ruby
ALL: Seven little miners, with something new to try.
Seven little miners, good bye.
Seven little miners, good bye.
Rock Cycle
Rock 1:
Folks say rocks are dull as dirt, say we’re slow, oh man, that hurts!
Say we’re boring and inert as a lump of coal.
Rock 2:
Folks should take a longer view, watch a million years or two.
All the changes we go through, we can rock and roll.
ALL: Rock, rock, rock cycle.
Rock, rock, rock cycle.
Rock, rock, rock cycle.
Rock, rock, rock cycle.
Rock 3:
Cycling through the years.
Cycling without gears.
Through the earth we are spread.
Who says rock is dead?
Folks say rocks are dull as dirt, say we’re slow, oh man, that hurts!
Say we’re boring and inert as a lump of coal.
ALL: Folks should take a longer a view, watch a million years or two.
All the changes we go through, we can rock and roll.
Rock, rock, rock cycle.
Rock, rock, rock cycle.
Rock, rock, rock cycle.
Rock, rock, rock cycle.
Cycling through the years.
Cycling without gears.
Through the earth we are spread.
Who says rock is dead?
Professor Rocks
Professor Rock:
I thank you all for finding me,
a geologic mystery.
your Professor Rock has re-appeared.
You’d think by now, I would have learned,
you just can’t turn your back on ferns.
your Professor Rock has re-appeared.
ALL: He loves, he loves volcanoes.
He loves, he loves glaciers, too.
Earthquakes make him laugh.
He hugs his seismograph.
Solo: Every dinner that he ate
Was on a tectonic plate.
One, two, three four!
We learned a lot about the earth, there’s so much more than sea and dirt
Solo 3: I kept Sherlock’s socks as souvenirs!
ALL: (shout) How weird!
Yeah, we searched low and we searched high.
We found our geo-thermal guy.
Our Professor Rock has re-appeared.
He loves, he loves volcanoes.
He loves, he loves glaciers, too.
Earthquakes make him laugh.
He hugs his seismograph.
Solo: Every dinner that he ate
Was on a tectonic plate.
One, two, three four!
Doo, doo, doo…….
Our Professor Rock has re-appeared.
Re-a….Re-appeared.